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The World of Purring Cats

Here it is, he kit has been published with quick pages and commercial use elements as well. There is so much in this kit hat can be used for printable elements, cards and scrapbooking. Its fantastic and you can get it here

The joy of using a new cat kit!

I have not done any digital scrapbooking since well before Christmas. After all, I have had my christmas cards to stamp, colour cut and stick. Then I developed a facination for researching my family tree. ( I am sure I will bore you about that just now!) I oftern read the calls for people to either go on to Creative teams and although I support and work with Designs by Angel on her creative team, circumstances mean that I have not been overly taxed with work. I spotted a one kit call for a kit called 'The World of Purring Cats' . The designer BlackCat Designs wanted a couple of layouts to advertise the kit. As I have my lovely Havanas and an Oriental Lilac I offered to create some quick layouts. a couple are shown here. I dont know when the kit goes on sale but I do know it is a massive kit which is very versatile and is not restricted to just cat layouts!. Watch out for notification of where to get it if you like the sneak preview.

Merry Christmas

For the first time e are going to visit our children this year for Christmas dinner. It will make a change from everyone coming to our house. Just hope we can manage to travel around the country with all the snow and wintery weather. Hope everyone else has a wonderful holiday.

Boudoir Photography or 'How to look Good Naked'

I love Gok Wan's show 'How to look Good naked', I seem to cry everytime when people get their self confidence to go for it! The photographs are always artfully posed and not actually showing anything indecent. When I atended Cheryl Johnsons Photography bootcamp earlier this year we learned about staging shots so although I had the therory, its rare that an opportunity arises for me to practice. When my daughter Michelle got married to Ben on 10th October this year, I went up to her bedroom with Michelle whilst the 'official' wedding photographer was downstairs. As she was getting ready Michelle was up for me posing her on their bed for a few photographs. Although not quite naked, she wore her wedding underwear which consisted of blue frilly pants, white stockings and her blue robot shoes. She had her tiara on and only needed her dress to finish off the outfit. I was so pleased with how this photo turned out that I had it made into a large canvas and presented it to ...

Digital Freebies

I have posted a couple of new blog backgrounds in the store over at http://www.scrapdragon.co.uk/ for anyone that is in need of a makover. These two include headers and full instructions for loading them into Blogspot / Blogger minima templates. After a very hectic hen weekend celebrating my daughters forthcoming wedding I needed to do a bit of digi creating as relaxation before I start on creating the bridesmaid dresses and favour boxes. Of course I would share the photos of the hen weekend but I am not sure if any could possibly be published. I will go and find a 'mild' one! As the hen night involved going out round Burton on Trent dressed up in a Moulin Rouge theme outfit. There was more bosoms, basques and feathers than there ever was in a French whorehouse! But at least it kept the local men entertained. I am sure some of those poor creatures will be fantisising for weeks on what they saw. The following day we all went to Hoar Cross hotel and spa for a fantastic day rela...

The family adventure

Considering the beautiful weather we have had this weekend, its shame we all ventured up to Scotland last weekend! We took out caravan and my daughter Michelle and soon to be husband Ben took their huge tent and we set off for Glencoe just near Fort William in the Scottish highlands. Our eldest granddaughter Amy joined us as well. At least she stopped being a teenager hiding in a darkened room with her phone and ipod for a week! The higland Midge decided I was tastier than the highland cattle and found every bit of bare flesh and even some hidden flesh) to feast upon. So off I had to quickly find a chemist to dose up on Piriton as I react badly to all insect bites. We had a few very wet days and nights in Glencoe, staying at the Camping and Caravan club campsite. the site was lovely and the views stunning. The staff very friendly and it was right next to the Scottish National Trust visitor centre with loads of local walks. The only downside was damp weather and the camping g...

and Breathe....

What a fabulous weekend we all had with family driving from far and wide to attend the naming ceremony of our granddaughter Daisy. My good friend Claire was the celebrant and gave a wonderful ceremony which everyone enjoyed. Daisy was her usual adorable and charming self with loads of smiles and cuddles for everyone. After the buffet, which I slaved and fretted over getting right for days, I hadf time to get out my camera and take a few photos of those who attended. I used the new Ballroom Blitz kit from Designs by Angel to create the first few layouts of the day. Here are the first two!